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Production, Identity and Inherited Aesthetics: Digital Technology, Authenticity and Location in Independent Music Practice

Holland, Michael Edward (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2011)

I combine an ethnographic study with the construction of a varied, reflexive theoretical framework for exploring the role of digital technology in independent music practice. I argue that independent musicians’ use of ...
The Language Is the Music: Perceptions of Authority and Authenticity in Hawaiian Language Composition And Vocal Performance

Donaghy, Joseph Keola (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

This thesis presents the results of an ethnographic inquiry into haku mele (Hawaiian language composition) and modern Hawaiian vocal performance practice. It hypothesises that there are elements and characteristics in ...
Embodying Music: The Visuality of Three Iconic Conductors in London, 1840-1940

Mathieson, Holly (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010)

This dissertation analyses the visuality of three iconic conductors who worked in London between 1840 and 1940; Louis Jullien, Hans Richter and Sir Henry Wood. It investigates the ways in which the public saw, discussed ...
Teaching music, learning culture: the challenge of culturally responsive music education

Rohan, Tracy Jane (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

This research investigates experiences of music teaching and learning within culturally diverse school communities and examines the ways cultural diversity informs pedagogical practices in music education. The following ...
Music by Numbers: The Impacts of Music Technologies on Pop

Harrison, David Owen (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2010)

This dissertation investigates issues surrounding music technologies and their use by performing artists and music producers. I discuss the accessibility of devices such as compositional softwares as invaluable tools, but ...
Onsombil

McLennan-Kissel, Paul (Thesis, Master of Music, 2011)

This exegesis is a detailed discussion of Onsombil: an album composed by Paul McLennan-Kissel for the degree of MMus at the University of Otago. The musical and historical context of the album is revealed by a discussion ...
The Festivalisation of Pacific Cultures in New Zealand: Diasporic Flow and Identity within 'a Sea of Islands'

Mackley-Crump, Jared (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

In the second half of the twentieth century, New Zealand witnessed a period of significant change, a period that resulted in dramatic demographic shifts. As a result of economic diversification, the New Zealand government ...
Top Forty - Finding the Formula

Prysor, Gari (Thesis, Master of Music, 2012)

Introduction: This Portfolio contains ten pop music compositions, to be marketed via the Internet and radio. Before embarking on this project I objectively analyzed my previous CD, “Bus to the Stars” (2004) to discover the ...
Seeing Ourselves on Stage: Revealing Ideas about Pākehā Cultural Identity through Theatrical Performance

Smith, Adriann Anne Herron (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)

This is the first detailed study of New Zealand theatrical performance that has investigated the concepts of a Pākehā worldview. It thus contributes to the growing body of critical analysis of the theatre Aotearoa/New ...
Ples and the production of Lokal music in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Wilson, Oli (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012)

This thesis examines how indigenous Papua New Guinean notions of identity and belonging are embodied in popular music production. I hypothesise that popular music production provides a space in which notions of identity ...